The trail was in nice condition, but I think it's important to mention that the trail is too narrow to have more than one person side by side. Walk in single file line. The trail is beautiful and level the whole way through, making it an easy and quick hike if you want to jog, walk a dog, or just take a walk to get some fresh air. The signs were a bit hard to read and I actually became confused about where I was at some points, especially after entering Hazel Wolf Wetlands, so I would recommend looking over the map and creating a route before you go. There is parking, but the lot has gravel which makes it undesirable for certain cars such as those with less suspension. Some bleeding heart flowers on the sides of the trail, lots of fallen logs, mushrooms, salmon berries, etc. 

The trail looked great upon arrival, and met my expectations of a nice serene cool walk in the woods. The trees provided nice shade which kept me cool as i walked along the narrow flowing trail. The navigation provided on the trail was not to helpful to my knowledge of reading maps, but it was all okay because no matter which direction we went the trail just got more peaceful. i recommend going on a day that it would be least expected so that you are all alone on the trail, as it was a lot more peaceful to loose touch of reality, and just getting lost in nature. Great hike for casual hike, or if you don't have a lot of time.

There is plenty to see at Beaver Lake Preserve and Hazel Wolf Wetlands this time of year. Bleeding Heart, Trillium, Oregon Grape, Salmonberry, and Skunk Cabbage are all blooming. There are also a variety of ferns and mosses. In the early afternoon the birds where busy calling to each other. 

The trail is in good shape although there is mud in places especially at the far end of the Wetlands. There's a large map in the parking lot and signage at the intersections in the Preserve.

I found this place after dropping off my husband at the Duthie Hill mountain bike park, and parked in the small parking lot at around 3:30pm. There were only a couple other cars in the lot. There are a lot of signs that let you know where you are and where to go on Beaver Lake Preserve trails, and I only encountered a couple other people on the trail. This trail does connect to the Hazel Wolf Wetlands trail which is dog friendly as well, but it was very confusing because there is a part of the connecting trail that doesn't allow dogs, but only has a sign one direction, so how are the people coming from the other direction supposed to know? It seemed strange that the two places are dog friendly, but the trail connecting the two wasn't. These are more of "if you are in the area" types of trails; I wouldn't go out of my way for these. 

This is a great place for a close in mid-week walk. You can string together several parks and walk as little or as much as you like (you can also get over to Soaring Eagle with a connector trail). The Beaver lake preserve doesn't really have much lake involved. You can get down to the shore in a few places, but for the most part it's just woods. The trails appear to mostly be in place, but the planned float is still just planned. There is a log that you can walk out a bit if you have good balance.

The Hazel Wolf wetlands is fabulous. Lots of close proximity to the water and some boardwalk and bridges make viewing the wildlife around the area easy. I wasn't there at great time of day for birds, but still managed to spot a few and there were *tons* of dragonflies and damselflies - which may explain why I didn't get a single mosquito bite even though I spent the greater part of the day walking around a swamp and never put on bug spray. During the week it was relatively people free too - saw two runners and one dummy with an off leash puppy - that got scared and ran at the sight of me... the owner (which I think may live in one of the nearby houses) had to go running off chasing it... 

Getting to the trailhead probably would have been an interesting tangle of lots of map peeping and turning around without the friendly GPS lady - it's tucked back into a neighborhood of small streets and cul-de-sacs. She didn't know where Hazel Wolf was, but was able to flawlessly navigate to the parking lot for Beaver Lake.